Trump Literally Laughed at How He Can Game the Press With His 'New Tone'
The Daily Beast on President Trumps change in tone on the coronavirus pandemic: Afterwards, the press noted the difference in tone, with several pundits and reporters speculating that the gravity of the moment was finally weighing on the man in the Oval Office. And Trump
almost assuredly noted the praise he received from them for his more presidential tune.
Thats because to a person, they say, there is no one who more voraciously consumes media coverage of himself. And over the past three years, the president has periodically remarkedsometimes with a self-aware chuckle or smirkabout how easy it is for him to trigger praise from a typically adversarial press simply by acting nice during a particularly weighty moment.
https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/01/trump-games-the-media-with-his-shift-in-tone/